Language, History and Collective Memory - Syriac Studies Conference (20-24 July 2025)
I: 3rd Arba’ilu International Conference on Syriac and Sureth Studies (3rd AICSSS)
II: 19th Century Turabdin in Syriac Sources — A Contribution to the History of Late Ottoman
Empire (invited speakers only)
III: Sayfo 1915 — Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Genocide of Assyrians/Arameans
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20 July 2025, Sunday |
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15:00 |
Registration and Coffee |
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16:20 |
Welcoming and Greetings
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17:00 |
Gründler, Beatrice (FU Berlin): Kalila wa-Dimna and the Role of the Syriac Versions |
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17:25 |
Hartmann, Elke Shoghig(FU Berlin): The Ottoman Eastern Provinces in the 19th Century |
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17:50 |
Hölck, Lasse (FU Berlin): Natural Selection? Small Scale Indigenous Groups between Extermination, Genocide and Ethnocide. A Global View from Latin American History |
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18:15 |
Reception |
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21 July 2025, Monday |
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08:30 |
Registration |
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Section I: 3rd Arba’ilu International Conference on Syriac and Sureth Studies (3rd AICSSS) |
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Chair: Klimiuk, Maciej |
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09:30 |
Askar, Kawther Najeeb (SU Erbil): Deviation in Khamis Bar Qardahi’s Poem (ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ ܣܲܘܝܵܐ ܘܲܪܓܼܝܼܓܼܵܐ): A Stylistic Study الإنزياح في قصيدة (ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ ܣܲܘܝܵܐ ܘܲܪܓܼܝܼܓܼܵܐ) لخاميس بر قرداحي :دراسة أسلوبية |
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10:00 |
Pritula, Anton (Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg): The Erbil Poetic Circle during the Syriac Renaissance Period: Manuscripts, Authors and General Features |
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10:30 |
Muraviev, Alexey (Moscow State University): Khizhniakova, Stanislava (HSE University): Eye Diseases in Syriac Medieval Medical Literature |
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11:00 |
Coffee Break
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Chair: Furman, Yulia |
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11:30 |
Younansardaroud, Helen (FU Berlin): An Amulet Scroll with Incantations for an Assyrian Woman from Ardishay (Urmia) |
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12:00 |
Gross, Simcha (FU Berlin): Divorcing Demons in Jewish Aramaic and Syriac: Reflections on Transmission and Religious Contact in Late Antique Iraq |
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12:30 |
Abousamra, Gaby (Lebanese University Beirut): A Syriac Magical Bowl in Manichaean Script |
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13:00 |
Lunch (by Invitation Only)
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Chair: Kuzin, Nikita |
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14:00 |
Furman, Yulia (FU Berlin): Šurṭē: Prisoners of War or Arabic Militia? Evidence from Syriac Sources |
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14:30 |
Čéplö, Slavomír (BBAW); DiRusso, Giovanni (Harvard University): Syriac Linguistics in the Age of AI |
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15:00 |
Grenert, Briana (Duke University); Čéplö, Slavomír (BBAW): Religion in Syriac: A Word Vector Analysis with Simtho Data |
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15:30 |
Coffee Break
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Chair: Hakeem, Salam Neamah Hirmiz |
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16:00 |
Yohanna, Samer Soreshow (SU Erbil): Textual Study of ܠܟܬܼܵܒܼܵܐ ܕܲܙܡܝܼܖ̈ܬܼܵܐ by the Forgotten Author Father Elias Sher دراسة نصّيّة لـ"ܟܬܼܵܒܼܵܐ ܕܲܙܡܝܼܖ̈ܬܼܵܐ" للكاتب المنسي الأب إلياس شير الراهب |
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16:30 |
Mustață, Radu (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): New Words in Syriac from South India: The Witness of Kadavil Chandy Kattanar’s Poetry |
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17:00 |
Eramia, Rony (FU Berlin): David Barzani — His Biography and Literary Works |
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17:30 |
Jasim, Anmar Abduljabbar (University of Al-Qadisiyya): Gravestone Inscriptions in the Church of the Monastery of Our Lady, Protector of the Crops, in Alqosh/Mosul نقوش شواهد القبور في كنيسة دير السيدة العذراء حافظة الزروع في القوش/الموصل |
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22 July 2025, Tuesday |
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Chair: Kouriyhe, Yousef |
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09:30 |
Alhameedawi, Adnan Shibeeb Jasim (University of Baghdad); Baybuzi, Amel Adee Polus (University of Baghdad): The Semantic Overlap of Phonetically Similar Roots in Syriac, Hebrew and Arabic: A Comparative Study التداخل الدلالي للجذور المتقاربة لفظاً في السريانية والعبرية والعربية: دراسة مقارنة |
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10:00 |
Muhammad, Himdad Abdulqahhar (SU Erbil); Hakeem, Salam Neamah Hirmiz (SU Erbil): A Stylistic Analysis of Symbolism in the Syriac-Kurdish Poem ‘Shuraya Daqyamta’ تحليل أسلوبي للرمزية في القصيدة السريانية الكردية "ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ ܕܲܩܝܵܡܬܵܐ" |
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10:30 |
Al-Khailani, Laith Hasan Mohammed (University of Baghdad): Pseudo-Interrogative Sentences in Arabic and Syriac: A Comparative Study الاسْتِفْهَام الغير حقيقي في الجملة العربية والسريانية: دراسة مقارنة |
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11:00 |
Coffee Break
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Chair: Askar, Kawther Najeeb |
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11:30 |
Tawfeeq, Barween Badri (SU Erbil): Discovery of the Site of the Monastery of Sabrishoʿ in Adiabene: A Historical, Documentary and Archaeological Study الكشف عن موقع دير سبريشوع في حدياب: دراسة تأريخية وثائقية – اثرية |
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12:00 |
Najm, Amer Abdullah (University of Mosul): The Book of Prelates by Thoma d-Marga as a Source for Urbanism and Monasteries: An Urbanistic Study and Investigation كتاب الرؤساء لتوما المرجي مصدراً من مصادر البلدانيات والديارات: دراسة وتحقيق بلداني |
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13:00 |
Lunch (by Invitation Only)
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Chair: Yohanna, Samer Soreshow |
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14:00 |
Voigt, Rainer (FU Berlin): On the Verbal Stem Morphology of Syriac |
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14:30 |
Khudher, Luma Aphraim (SU Erbil): The Debate Between Cain and Abel: A Comparative Study in Syriac and Mesopotamian Literature and Jewish Traditions المناظرة بين قايين وهابيل: دراسة مقارنة في الأدب السرياني والرافديني والتقاليد اليهودية |
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15:00 |
Cherkashina, Anna (Tel Aviv University): New Textual Evidence for the ‘Syriac Treatise of Shem’ |
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15:30 |
Coffee Break
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Chair: Park, Grace |
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16:00 |
Birol, Simon (Universität Göttingen): Transmission and Reception of the Syriac Ahiqar Story |
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16:30 |
Rucki, Mirosław (Casimir Pulaski Radom University): References to Syriac in Talmud |
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17:00 |
Edmonds, Alexander (Universität Münster): The Last of Gilgāmeš. A Mesopotamian King in Theodore Bār Kōnay’s Kṯāḇā d-ˀeskōlyōn |
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17:30 |
Aho, Shemunkasho (University of Salzburg): 150th Anniversary of the Visit of Patriarch Peter IV to Queen Victoria |
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23 July 2025, Wednesday |
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Chair: Khudher, Luma Aphraim |
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09:30 |
Friestad, Kjetil (University of Agder): Pilgrimage Practices of the Christians of Beth Qatraye in the 6th–8th Centuries |
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10:00 |
Hager, Anna (University of Vienna): Defining the Terms ‘Assyrian’ and ‘Suryān’ in the Context of Modern Lebanon |
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10:30 |
BarAbraham, Abdulmesih (Munich): Regulation and Improvement of the Nestorian Districts in the Hakkari Region during the Late Ottoman Empire |
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11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Section II: 19th Century Turabdin in Syriac Sources |
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Chair: van Ginkel, Jan |
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11:30 |
Turgut, Ramazan (Mardin Artuklu University): The Church of the East in Qudshanis: Ottoman Policies, Internal Rivalries, and Western Intervention (19th–20th Century) |
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12:00 |
Talay, Shabo (FU Berlin): Turabdin in the 19th Century — an Overview |
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12:30 |
Üzel, A.-S. Barbara (FU Berlin):Notable Figures of 19th Century Tur Abdin |
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13:00 |
Lunch (by Invitation Only)
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Chair: Üzel, A.-S. Barbara |
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14:00 |
Atas, Nicolas (KU Leuven, BEL): Ṭuroyo Manuscripts from the Sachau Collection in Berlin as a Source for the History of the Turabdin Region in the 19th Century |
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14:30 |
Birol, Simon (Universität Göttingen): Echoes of Turmoil: Syriac Voices on Encroachments in 19th-Century Tur Abdin |
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15:00 |
Kouriyhe, Yousef (FU Berlin):Western Missionaries in 19th Century Turabdin and the Reaction of the Syriac Orthodox |
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15:30 |
Coffee Break
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Chair: Yildiz, Efrem |
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16:00 |
Bcheiry, Iskandar (Chicago SOK): Sacred Places in Ṭūrʿabdīn in a Collection of Syriac Orthodox Archives from the Late Ottoman Period |
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16:30 |
van Ginkel, Jan (FU Berlin): On the Informal Connections between Syriac Orthodox Communities in Eastern Turkey and the Syriac Communities in India at the End of the 19th and Early 20th Century |
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17:00 |
Barthoma, Soner (Uppsala Universitet, SWE): Early Results from a Survey Study on Community Resilience among Assyrians in Turkey |
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17:30 |
Zeitoune, Abboud (Wiesbaden): Role of Naum Faiq in Documenting the Sayfo Period |
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24 July 2025, Thursday |
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Section III: Sayfo 1915 |
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Chair: Barthoma, Soner |
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09:00 |
Al-Jeloo, Nicholas: The Story of the Massacre of Assyrians in the District of Cizre, 1915 |
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09:30 |
Yildiz, Efrem (University of Salamanca): The Written and Oral Sources from the Botan Region on the Assyrian Genocide |
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10:00 |
Hofmann, Tessa (FU Berlin): Sayfo 1915 — Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Genocide of Assyrians/Arameans |
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10:30 |
Ninos, Sanherib (Frankfurt University): The Assyrian/Aramean Genocide of World War I: Memory, Identity and Recognition of the ‘Sayfo’ in the European Diaspora |
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11:00 |
Coffee Break
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Chair: Birol, Simon |
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11:30 |
Binder, Matthias (Marburg University): Theology of the Sayfo? A Survey of Discourses within the Syriac Orthodox Church |
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12:00 |
Mor Polycarpus A. Aydin (Netherlands SOK): Faith, Liturgy, and Collective Memory: The Syriac Orthodox Church’s Response to Sayfo |
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12:30 |
Beth Turo, Yawsef (Enschede): New Eyewitness Accounts of the Sayfo Published in Turkiye |
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13:00 |
Lunch (by Invitation Only)
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Chair: Mor Polycarpus A. Aydin |
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14:00 |
Abdalla, Michael (Poznań University): Nisibis and its Population at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries |
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14:30 |
Talay, Shabo (FU Berlin): Sayfo 1915: The Cultural and Linguistic Dimensions of Genocide |
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15:00 |
Mate, Parween Shamoon (Syriac Writers Union-Erbil): We Will not Forget Sayfo لن ننسى سيفو |
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15:30 |
Final Discussion |
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16:00 |
Coffee Break and Fingerfood |
Fabeckstraße 23/25, 14195 Berlin
Room: -1.2009 Large lecture hall in the basement!
